{"id":45296,"date":"2026-01-23T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/driver-admits-killing-teen-marcus-fakana-freed-from-dubai-jail\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T13:20:09","slug":"driver-admits-killing-teen-marcus-fakana-freed-from-dubai-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/driver-admits-killing-teen-marcus-fakana-freed-from-dubai-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver admits killing teen Marcus Fakana freed from Dubai jail"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Marcus Fakana was killed three months after being freed from a Dubai jail<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A driver has admitted killing Marcus Fakana – who was freed from jail in Dubai after having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl – in a crash while trying to flee police.<\/p>\n

Marwaan Mohamed Huseen, 20, was driving away from pursuing Metropolitan Police officers when he crashed a BMW into a lorry, killing the 19-year-old passenger.<\/p>\n

A second person in the vehicle was also badly hurt in the crash, which happened in the early hours of 3 October last year in Tottenham, north London.<\/p>\n

At Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, Huseen appeared by videolink from HMP Pentonville to plead guilty to causing the death of Fakana by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Huseen, who admitted being uninsured and unlicensed at the time, also pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving to another of the passengers in the BMW.<\/p>\n

The crash happened just three months after Fakana, from Tottenham, north London, was set free from a prison in Dubai.<\/p>\n

He had been with his parents in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the summer 2024 when, at the age of 18, he had a holiday romance with a 17-year-old girl from London.<\/p>\n

The teenager spent around a year in prison before being freed thanks to a royal pardon from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Radha Sterling, chief executive of campaign group Detained in Dubai which had lobbied for his release from prison, previously said she was “heartbroken” by news of the teenager’s death.<\/p>\n

“It’s sad that of all of 2025, he was only free for the three months from the 3rd of July until the 3rd of October.”<\/p>\n

He had been reported to the authorities in the UAE after the girl’s mother saw pictures and messages on her phone.<\/p>\n

In Dubai, if an adult has a sexual relationship with a person under 18, they can be prosecuted for having a sexual relationship with a minor. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The car Marcus Fakana was travelling in crashed into a lorry while being pursued by police<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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At the time of the fatal car crash, the Met Police said officers were attempting to stop a “vehicle of interest” in Pretoria Road, Tottenham, and after a short pursuit they temporarily lost sight of the car driven by Huseen.<\/p>\n

When officers then drove in to The Roundway, they found the vehicle had been involved in a crash.<\/p>\n

Fakana was taken to hospital and later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n

The defendant was remanded back into custody and a sentencing date will be set at a further hearing on 27 February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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